Evolution Basin, July 15, 2012
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IMG_9078.JPG2 views
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IMG_9081.JPG2 viewsToo bad the rangers plugged up the fireplace. Wood is scarce at this altitude, and I am sure fires are not permitted in Kings Canyon National Park backcountry; even in a fireplace!
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IMG_9082.JPG1 viewsWanda Lake and Evolution Basin west northwest of the Muir Hut.
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IMG_9083.JPG2 viewsIt was getting too crowded for me. We had not seen anyone the day before. It was time to start climbing Mt. Solomons!
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IMG_9084.JPG0 viewsOn the summit of Mt. Solomons looking south. Charybdis juts skyward 1.4 miles south southeast. I summited Charybdis via the Northeast Shoulder, a classic 3rd class Sierra climb September 19, 1994.
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IMG_9085.JPG1 viewsThe professor makes an entry in the summit register; her second summit, and first Sierra peak!
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IMG_9086.JPG79 viewsSouth from the summit of Mt. Solomons, the entrance to the not so 'Enchanted Gorge' through the "dark gate" guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, beyond Chasm Lake in the center of the photo. Scylla rises above Chasm Lake to the south. The gorge descends over 5000' down Disappearing Creek southeast to Goddard Creek, to the Middle Fork Kings.
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IMG_9087.JPG0 viewsThe view northwest down into Evolution Basin from the summit of Mt. Solomons.
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IMG_9089.JPG0 viewsDavis (left) and Wanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons. Mt. McGee stands above Davis Lake. Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak (west of Mammoth Lakes) are visible on the distant horizon on the right edge of the photo.
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IMG_9088.JPG0 viewsWanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons.
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IMG_9090.JPG0 viewsDue east, from the summit of Mt. Solomons, Lake 11939 at the base the Black Giant and the Black Divide. On the Sierra Crest in the distance are Mt. Johnson, Mt. Goode, Mt. Agassiz (13,891'), and Mt. Winchell (13775').
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